Hexcrawl 109 - Epic Green Dragon Lake Battle

Gemwin, Grom, Vindalf, Hokan, and Jendri team up with Nimira and some of her duergar to go after the green dragon in the dark lake at the bottom of Dragonfang Mountain. They cast several rituals, but as they begin to descend the cave slowly by rope, the dragon ambushes them with its breath weapon. At the bottom, a deadly game of hide and seek begins, with Vineslither the green dragon ambushing from water and hiding back in the murky lake several times. Gemwin is briefly attacked by an assassin vine, Grom heals everybody, Hokan learns to use a duergar firelance, Vindalf clings to the walls as an ape, and Jendri snipes at the dragon from afar. Then, in the huge lake chamber, Grom casts _Control Water_ and basically empties the lake, leaving Vineslither no place to hide. She grabs her egg from atop her treasure hoard and escapes downstream into the underground river, vowing revenge but abandoning her treasure hoard, including several useful magical items.